Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Olympic medalists in snowboarding/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by The Rambling Man 14:29, 5 July 2009.

List of Olympic medalists in snowboarding

 * Nominator(s): Scorpion 0422  20:22, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

I have been debating with myself for a few months about whether or not I should try to take this page to FLC, because the main portion of it is rather small - 14 items, and some may believe it fails 3b. It doesn't help matters that Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics is basically a stub (although it could easily be expanded quite a bit). However, I think it passes based on its notability and because WP:OLYMPICS has a long-established guideline and the page is simply following it. I guess notability is relative, but I've always seen 3b as being more against small lists of questionable notability rather than against all small lists. So, this is one of the smaller lists I've worked on, but I decided to try it because even if it fails, it'll still be a near-FL page, which is good enough for me (and, in 8 months, it will grow).

You'll notice that the table is a little different than some of the other similar FLs. I decided to try using flagIOCmedalist rather than flagIOCathlete. I also used a "details" link, similar to what is used in the List of 2008 Summer Olympics medalists. Enjoy! -- Scorpion 0422  20:22, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks good, but I prefer consistency. I slightly prefer the details link because it is more obvious, but since the Olympics medalist lists are so related, the same should be done for all. I also significantly prefer the athlete template; if you changed due to the comment at WT:OLY, I disagree with that discussion. The linked abbr is better than having the flag and the italisiced name and the abbr. Whatever you think, but I can help changing if it's a lot. I do like how you described what the events are in the lead. Reywas92 Talk  22:01, 21 June 2009 (UTC) And I have no problem at all with the length. There is subtantial information, will (eventually) grow, and can be separate for consistency. Hopefully the main article will also be expanded.  Reywas92 Talk  22:09, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I switched to the athlete template because since the details are used, the rows are double spaced, and using the template filled them. I'll switch back to the old one. -- Scorpion 0422  22:43, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Support All looks great. Reywas92 Talk  15:28, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Comments
 * General
 * Dabs, external links check out fine.
 * Lead
 * 'Swiss athlete Philipp Schoch is the only snowboarder to win two gold medals, having won the parallel giant slalom in 2002, then successfully defended his title in 2006' -- IDK, but I think defending would sound better here than 'defended'
 * Fixed.
 * 'In the men's half-pipe event, Americans have won six of nine medals, and in 2002 Americans won all three medals in the event.' -- Comma after 2002.
 * Added.
 * References
 * Link to IOC and ESPN.-- T ru  c o   503 02:54, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Added a link to IOC, but ESPN is already linked once. As always, thanks for taking a look. -- Scorpion 0422  16:55, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh okay.-- T ru  c o   503 00:24, 25 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Support -- Previous issues resolved/clarified; list meets WP:WIAFL. T ru  c o   503 00:24, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:07, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Weak support - I am hesitant to support fully because I don't like how the main article is still a stub (3b concern). But I agree with nominator that the Olympic Games is notable and that lists should be consistent. Also, the list looks okay.— Chris!  c t 01:44, 26 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment – "In snowboarding cross, competitiors race down a course with jumps". Typo hiding in here.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 18:12, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The typo was fixed during a round of changes by Parutakupiu, but I found a couple of new glitches that crept in. It's common for this to occur, but they should still be fixed before promotion.
 * "In 1998, four events, two for men and two for women, were disputed in two specialities". I wouldn't call Olympic events "disputes". There was nothing wrong with "held", the word used when I first reviewed the list.
 * "In this event, competitors race against each other down a a course with jumps, beams and other obstacles." One typo was traded for another.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 22:34, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Reverted the verb change and fixed the typo. Thanks for pointing out those. Parutakupiu (talk) 22:49, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support – All my comments were addressed, and everything seems up to par. It is a short list, but the main article could be expanded in a similar way as the wrestling title articles.  Giants2008  ( 17-14 ) 21:10, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


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